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    Thanks so much for this, Matthew. I hadn’t heard about UKALPP’s approach, but it sounds like an excellent model for…

  3. Matthew H. Kramer's avatar

    Thanks to Colin Marshall for an excellent document. The annual UK Analytic Legal & Political Philosophy (UKALPP) Conference now convenes…

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    Thanks for this comment, Alan. I think the point you make carries weight – especially for some younger philosophers, in-person…

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    I’m a lifelong APA member with APA emeritus status. I see many reasons for the online conference, and perhaps the…

  6. Colin Marshall's avatar

    Thanks for this, Matt – a good point. In scheduling the Pacific APA, Alex Sager and I did what I…

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    “But, on the other hand, a virtual APA is in principle available to philosophers around the world” This is often…

Whenever the NYT interviews “ordinary” voters, one is reminded that Achen & Bartels are right (link fixed)

Brian Leiter

Consider these reactions to Trump’s recent “State of the Union” address. Ms. Metz, the nursing student from Arizona, and Mr. Ciampi, the retiree from Arizona, are particularly remarkable. They know nothing, so can be told anything. Or as Ezra Pound used to say (before he went crazy), “You cannot talk to the ignorant about lies, since they have no criteria.”)

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